Read/ Listen/ Follow/ Share. Let them know they are heard and not alone.

 Ovidia--every other Tuesday 

Jeff on Saturday has written about the politics of what’s happening in Ukraine better than I ever could, so go read his post. 

And people in Europe will know far better than I can--half a world away--what can be done to help.

It feels wrong to ignore what's happening and go on with our lives here, in safety. But it feels equally hopeless that we can do anything about it.

Is there anything practical someone without anti-tank weapons can do?

If you have any hacking skills, the Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine and Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine (follow him at: https://twitter.com/FedorovMykhailo) is recruiting an IT army to fight on the cyber front. The first task is for cyber specialists, but he says 'there will be tasks for everyone' at: 

https://t.co/Ie4ESfxoSn

I can't code or hack, so that's beyond me. 

But if you're like me there's other stuff we can do too. 

Elon Musk activated Starlink satellite internet service in Ukraine after massive internet disruptions. 

As a satellite internet service, Starlink is not bound by traditional internet infrastructure, working with a mesh of about 2000 low orbit satellites and providing broadband speeds up to 150Mbps via a pizza box-sized dish antennae. That means the users on the ground in Ukraine can keep sending out information--and what we can do is read / listen / follow and share. 

This is important because Russia uses disinformation as a weapon.

We can make sure these people risking their lives to get news out know that people are listening and they haven't been forgotten.

And perhaps more important--it lets them know that someone will notice if they suddenly disappear. (I hear the 'suicides' in Russia have already started...)

Here are some people and sites in Russia and Ukraine that I've started following. I hope you'll take a look too and consider sharing or following--

https://twitter.com/ElenaChernenko?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

Elena Chernenko is a Moscow diplomatic correspondent (a veteran of over 11 years) who's been expelled from the diplomatic pool for 'unprofessionalism' after starting an anti-war petition among her colleagues. 

Steve Rosenberg 

https://twitter.com/BBCSteveR?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

"This isn't a war by the Russian people. It's a military crime by an unaccountable, authoritarian dictator called Vladimir Putin"

Steve Rosenberg, the BBC's Moscow correspondent, said he'd had difficulty tweeting after videos and images of the invasion going viral on social media.

The MFA Ukraine : https://twitter.com/MFA_Ukraine?t=ODtnu-LN6ODL5BYRLDYXbg&s=09

The Ukraine Centre for Strategic Communications and Information Security:https://twitter.com/StratcomCentre?t=68rPbU-Wf05hNeYG3ne6gg&s=09

Stand With Ukraine shares Instagram posts and stories in real time with support and donation opportunities: https://www.instagram.com/withukraine/

Svidomi is an English version of the Ukrainian social media based outlet. https://www.instagram.com/svidomi_eng/

I'm really impressed by the spirit on the ground in Ukraine. From the top down.

America offered Ukraine President Zelenskyy (Russia's No. 1 target) asylum in the White House but he refused to evacuate Kyiv. 'The fight is here'. And 'I need ammunition, not a ride'

He and his government officials remains with their people. 

And there's that viral video of Ukrainians mocking Russian soldiers in a broken down tank who couldn't find their way to Kiev--presumably because all the road signs were changed.

Singapore stands in solidarity with Ukraine 

https://twitter.com/DmytroKuleba/status/1498260498344812550?s=20&t=RyOy79SwwTtZDnPIU-zDTQ